are now battling against thee.  Those elephants are ridden by Kiratas difficult of defeat in battle.  They are accomplished in fighting from elephants, and are all sprung from the race of Agni.  Formerly, they were all vanquished in battle by Savyasachin.  They are now waiting for me carefully, under the orders of Duryodhana.  Slaying with my shafts, O king, these Kiratas difficult of defeat in battle, I shall follow in the track of Arjuna who is intent on the slaughter of the ruler of the Sindhus.  Those (other) huge elephants, sprung from the race of Arjuna, of impenetrable hides, well-trained, and adorned, and from whose mouths the juicy secretions are trickling down, and which are well-adorned with armour made wholly of gold are very formidable in battle and resemble Airavata himself.  They have come from the northern hills, and are ridden by fierce robbers that are of strong limbs, that are all foremost of warriors, and that are cased in steel coats of mail.  There, amongst them, are persons born of the cow, or the ape, or of diverse other creatures, including those born of men.  That division of the assembled Mlecchas that are all sinful and that come from the fastnesses of Himavat, seem at a distance to be of smoky colour.  Obtaining these, and countless Kshatriyas, as also Kripa and that foremost of car-warriors, viz., Drona and the ruler of the Sindhus, and the Karna, he thinks lightly of the Pandavas.  Impelled by fate, he regards himself crowned with success.  Those I have named will, however, today be within reach of my arrows.  They shall not escape me, O son of Kunti, even if they be endued with the speed of the mind.  Much regarded always by Duryodhana, that prince who dependeth upon the prowess of others, those warriors, afflicted with my clouds of shafts, will meet with destruction.  Those other car-warriors, O king, whom thou seest, and who have golden standards and are difficult of being resisted, are called Kamvojas.  They are brave and accomplished, and firmly devoted to the science of weapons.  Desiring one another’s welfare they are all firmly united.  They constitute a full Akshauhini of wrathful warriors, O Bharata, and are staying carefully for my sake, well-protected by the Kuru heroes.  They are on the alert, O king, with their eyes on me.  I shall certainly destroy them all, like fire destroying a heap of straw.  Therefore, O king, let those that equip cars, place quivers and all necessaries on my car in proper places.  Indeed, in such a dreadful battle, diverse kinds of weapons ought to be taken.  Let the car be equipped (with necessaries) five times more than what professors of military science direct, for I shall have to encounter the Kamvojas who resemble fierce snakes of virulent poison.  I shall have also to encounter the Kiratas who are armed with diverse weapons of warfare, who resemble virulent poison, who are accomplished in smiting, who have always been well-treated by Duryodhana, and who on that account are always intent on Duryodhana’s